This website was created from a copy of passcarphotos.info which was originally saved on April 26, 2018. The website was originally created and managed by J.M. LaBODA who passed away in early 2018. When his website disappeared this copy was erected to keep the massive amount of information he collected available to all. We are also working to recover his other two websites: interurbancarphotos.info and pcccarphotos.info

Due to many of the photographs linking to external websites, not all of the links will continue to work as time goes on. A full offline copy of this website can be downloaded here: passcarphotos.zip

Originated as the American European Express this operation was renamed the American Orient Express after an ownership change in 1989.In 2006 the operation was acquired by Colorado Railcar owner, Tom Rader, who attempted to continue the operation of the train as well as expanding it, but to no avail.This operation shut-down in 2008. (Also of note is that AOE also operated another tourist operation called the Americna Spirit, which became the Montana Daylight in 2001.)

All of the cars were acquired by Philip Anschutz' ANSCO Corp., owner of both the Grand Canyon Rwy. and the Denver Ski Train, with the hope of reinstating the latter.After failing to get the Ski Train running again ANSCO attempted to revive the train as the American Railway Explorer but the idea was quickly shelved due to the poor state of the Economy.

A number of cars were rebuilt and repainted in ARE green and buff but have since been sold.Six cars have been sent to Grand Canyon RR.while most of the others have been sold for use on the purposed Greenbrier Express.Cars sent to the GCRX are: Chicago, Copper Canyon, New Orleans (as ARE Yellowstone), Portland (as ARE Bryce Canyon), San Francisco and Washington.

I wish to thank Clint Chamberlin, Jody Moore, Mike Palmieri and Mark Sublette for their help with identifying the histories of the cars listed below.I am also indebted to all for additional information that they has provided.

I cannot promise you that all links will remain working since I have no control over this.To contact me my email address is jmlaboda[at]passcarphotos.info.

Some important changes were recently made atFlickr.com that affects how a person views images and I felt it is important enough of a change to mention it here.In the past clicking on an image or right clicking on an image provided for larger sizes to be chosen, and, as it is with the vast majority of shots linked to from this website, a considerably larger image could be seen.Now left clicking on the download icon (shown at left) in the lower right corner of the screen will bring up the available sizes for all images, all one has to do now is to choose the size and it will load.I hope that this info will help in viewing images at Flickr.

AEEX/AOEX - Grandluxe Rail Journeys

Includes listings for the American European Express and American Orient Express.